Do I have herpes for sure or is it a false positive?

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Hi Doc,

Recently, I got tested for STD's, I didn't have any symptoms, but just as a precaution.
The only thing that came out positive was HSV-1 Neg and HSV-2 IGG at 3.83.


I know that this is beyond the range of a normal false positive however please consider my history:
I have only had ONE partner ever (I was a virgin before him). And anytime we had sex it was ALWAYS PROTECTED. We even check the condoms every-time to ensure that they had not broken.

The only thing that was unprotected was oral sex and one episode of anal sex. I am getting him to go get tested. He was tested before we started dating and was negative for everything.

My questions are:
1. What are the possibilities that this is a false positive?
2. Should I get a Western Blot to make sure?
3. Is there a possibility that my partner could test negative and I could still have herpes even though I was a virgin before him and what should I do in that case? How could I have gotten it then?
4. If it is truly positive, is my infection most probably only oral since genital sex was always protected?

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I'm pretty sure I have it because, yesterday i got really stressed out and in 10 min, I got muscle aches on my legs and butt. I also got shooting pain in the exact same spot as the pimple.

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Also, the sore went away the next day after the re-occurrence of the flaky skin. The pimples and sores were never inside my vagina, it shows up on my right perineum. I read online that herpes shows up on the site it was infected.

I know that it is harder for females to transmit it to males, however, If the first time these symptoms came in December ( when I was with partner3 for 4 months after doing stuff with partner2 ) how come partner2 and 3 didn't contract it?...esp partner 3, because I've had sex with him multiple times (yes, we did use condoms, however he had skin to skin contact with it multiple times). whereas partners 1 and 2 were just one day events?

I am asking these questions just so I can be prepared for my western blot results. I've already been heartbroken many times by this, I'm not sure how to handle is especially if the WB says I have it. It's really tough to handle this alone because partner3 and I broke up (not because of the disease, but before i told him, although I'm sure he wouldn't want anything to do with me since this isn't helping and he knows I have herpes). Is it this easy to contract this disease?

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My partner3 of 8 months took a little break in between which is when partner 2 came in. However, partner 2 only lasted one day this entire time, i have been with only partner 3.

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here is my history as far as I can recount:

partner 1, 9 months ago: I gave him a hand job and he fingered me however, i distinctively remember him saying that he was a virgin when this happened.Also, I think we might have dry humped I'm not sure whether its cloths on or off, so I'm just going to assume off. I remember this experience was really sore and I'm not sure whether i got a cut from this but most probably yes. Also the symptoms that i am experiencing is in the exact same spot as i think where the cut might have been. I don't know if it possible to get it the ways i described above.

partner 2, 7 months ago: I gave him a hand job and he fingered me, and I received oral sex from him. I don't remember dry humping  so I am assuming I did with clothes off,  however, he said that he got test 6 months ago and came back negative. I also remember you telling me that I should have received hsv1 not type 2.

partner 3: 8 months ago is the first time I had one unprotected anal sex, and the rest was oral sex and ALL vaginal sex was protected. He got tested and the results came out as negative yesterday.

I'm thinking I might have gotten it from partner 1 because I do have symptoms that are in the exact same spot where I felt tender and bruised from his experience. In addition, although the pimple I received was only one, I noticed that it peeled away after 2 or 3 days along with the surrounding skin. I experienced the same feeling of soreness couple days ago in the same spot, however, there was no pimple and I saw that I had white flakes which I'm assuming was peeling away skin around that area. After reading the internet, I believe this might be the encrusting stage of the outbreak. I really hope this isn't herpes but all the test results and the signs from my body show otherwise. If I do have it, do you think I could have received it from partner 1?  

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

I think you and I talked on the phone yesterday.  As we discussed, none of this makes much sense.  If your only intercourse partner tested negative, and the only other contact you had was receiving oral sex, I don't know where you got this.  I still encourage you to get a western blot and get any and all lesions, bumps or pimples in the genital area swab tested for herpes.  

Terri

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I am actually getting proper symptoms such as itchyness, tingling and soreness. I did have couple bumps around the same area, and I had a pimple looking around the same area as the bumps. I did have soreness and tender. Also, recently, i experience tenderness and soreness around the same area as the pimple however, i did not get the pimple. What does this mean?